Project Bob78CVCC

Brandon74 · Unread post by **Brandon74** » June 16th, 2009, 11:29 pm

Labor of love, man. So glad to see this Civic get some well-earned respect.

Blackbullet · Unread post by **Blackbullet** » June 22nd, 2009, 3:17 pm

Good Job Bob. There's going to be some nice 1st gen civic's rolling out og the paint shop this year

bob78cvcc · Unread post by **bob78cvcc** » June 27th, 2009, 7:27 pm

Here's some more ... getting ever closer ....

bob78cvcc · Unread post by **bob78cvcc** » July 9th, 2009, 8:30 pm

Getting the roof ready for paint. The roof line needed to be raised and repaired.

Eduardo I. Nieves Davila · July 10th, 2009, 7:34 am

man, fixing roof takes alot of time :x Good work of patience youre doing there :D

bob78cvcc · Unread post by **bob78cvcc** » July 11th, 2009, 1:23 pm

Eduardo I. Nieves Davila wrote:man, fixing roof takes alot of time :x Good work of patience youre doing there :D

The roof inside and out is now level again. The plastic filler that once filled the cavity on the roof gone and proper bodywork done. :D

bob78cvcc · Unread post by **bob78cvcc** » July 11th, 2009, 2:29 pm

Refinished the roof trims - Was fairly simple to do:
1-cleaned the surface real good
2- applied VHT Black Satin dye to the surface
3- used Tamiya modeling tape to mask the outer part of the trim
4- air brushed Tamiya Flat Aluminum paint for the center chrome stripe

bob78cvcc · Unread post by **bob78cvcc** » July 20th, 2009, 2:45 pm

I ran into a glitch trying to refinish the tachometer face. The tachometer needle was very difficult to remove from the shaft. So difficult in fact it broke off at the top of the shaft. :evil:

I'm still trying to determine if the previous owner of the tachometer modified the tachometer needle. If anyone has a pic of the back of the 1stgen tachometer needle please post it or pm it to me. :dunno

Currently attempting to JB Weld a plastic piece from a pen to the tachometer needle to see if it will work. :idea:

Repainted the faded orange on the tachometer face - Next, time to refinish the deluxe gauges :D

Eduardo I. Nieves Davila · July 20th, 2009, 7:57 pm

Its funny it happened the same to me with my tachometer, maybe its how they all are. I glued mine with crazy glue. and heavent had any problems dont think i will and the best part is that its clear.

The needle you posted looks original, thats how mine was but sorry i didnt take pics

How did you refinish the tachometer :shock: its looks amazing :D what kind of paint did you use? Did you use tape or a small precise brush and steady fingers?

bob78cvcc · Unread post by **bob78cvcc** » July 20th, 2009, 9:23 pm

I used masking tape and a powerful 10x magnifier to try to stay in line. The bodyshop was kind enough to mix up a small batch of orange paint.

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Project Bob78CVCC